Do you want to setup a corporate website for your business? Or you want to hire a web developer in Singapore to build your ecommerce store? If yes, then this blog post will help you to determine the cost to hire a web developer in Singapore for your website development.
In this blog post, we will also discuss about different types of web developers and how much they charge for different websites.
In order to determine the cost to hire web developer, you must understand different types of websites and the effort to build them.
Let’s start.
Types of Websites
#1 Corporate Website
If you want to setup a website for your company where you can showcase the products and services that you offer, then you must hire a web developer who can build a corporate website for you.
For building a corporate website, you may hire a PHP web developer or WordPress web developer who may charge you somewhere between $800 and $2000.
This price may vary depending upon the complexity and scope of your work.
Lets’s take 2 instances.
Case 1: If you want a corporate website for your business with below features, then your web developer may charge you around $800-$1200:
a. A nice website design with up to 15 pages.
b. CMS integration (ability for you to manage the content, videos and images on your website).
c. Enquiry form (ability for your visitors to fill the form and get in touch with you).
d. Contact us page with a map (a page on your website with complete address of your company/business along with a map).
e. Mobile responsive web design (compatibility with all smart devices like mobiles and tablets).
This basic package usually doesn’t come with web hosting plan.
Case 2: If you want a corporate website for your business with below features, then it must cost you around $1500-$2000:
a. A nice website design with up to 30 pages.
b. CMS integration (ability for you to manage the content, videos and images on your website).
c. Enquiry form (ability for your visitors to fill the form and get in touch with you).
d. Contact us page with a map (a page on your website with complete address of your company/business along with a map).
e. Mobile responsive web design (compatibility with all smart devices like mobiles and tablets).
f. Ability to accept payments from your customers (without any shopping cart).
g. Integration of email subscription module (if required).
h. Free web hosting for 1st year.
#2 Ecommerce Website
Another type of website is ecommerce store where you want to setup an online store and sell your products online.
Usually, the ecommerce web developers in Singapore may charge you between $2000 and $5000 and can go up to $15000 or more depending upon the complexity of the work involved.
Basic Ecommerce website development cost
If you want a basic ecommerce website with below features, your web developer may charge you between $2000 and $5000:
a. Nice ecommerce web design
b. Product management (ability for you to add product categories and assign different products under their respective categories).
c. Discount coupon management (ability for you to add and mange discount coupons so that your customers can avail discount on the total purchase amount).
d. Shipping management (ability for you to manage the shipping costs).
e. Payment gateway management (ability for you to switch between payment gateways like PayPal and Worldpay).
f. Mobile responsive web design (compatibility with all smart devices like mobiles and tablets).
g. Ability to accept payments from your customers (without any shopping cart).
h. Integration of email subscription module (if required).
i. Free web hosting for 1st year.
j. CMS integration (ability for you to add unlimited pages and add content for them. You can also edit the content and images of existing sections).
Advance Ecommerce website development cost
If you want an advance ecommerce website with below features, it may cost you more than $5000:
a. Nice ecommerce web design
b. Product management (ability for you to add product categories and assign different products under their respective categories).
c. Discount coupon management (ability for you to add and mange discount coupons so that your customers can avail discount on the total purchase amount).
d. Shipping management (ability for you to manage the shipping costs).
e. Payment gateway management (ability for you to switch between payment gateways like PayPal, eNets and Worldpay).
f. Mobile responsive web design (compatibility with all smart devices like mobiles and tablets).
g. Ability to accept payments from your customers (without any shopping cart).
h. Integration of email subscription module (if required).
i. Free web hosting for 1st year.
j. CMS integration (ability for you to add unlimited pages and add content for them. You can also edit the content and images of existing sections).
k. Ability to import & export products in few clicks.
l. Integration with 3rd party accounting software like XERO
m.Integration with other 3rd party APIs.
n. Custom pricing like weight-based costing or length-based costing.
#3 Product Catalog Website
This type of website is usually to showcase your products and let your potential customers send you enquiry for order.
If you don’t need a proper ecommerce website but just a product catalog to display the categories and products, this website will fulfil your needs.
Since there is no need to integrate ecommerce features on a product catalog website, a Singapore web developer may charge you between $1500 and $2500 only.
In a product catalog website package you can get below features:
a. Nice ecommerce web design
b. Product management (ability for you to add product categories and assign different products under their respective categories).
c. Mobile responsive web design (compatibility with all smart devices like mobiles and tablets).
d. Ability for users to send enquiry for their desired products.
e. Integration of email subscription module (if required).
f. Free web hosting for 1st year.
#4 User-based Website
Now this kind of website is not standard or have pre-defined features. Usually, these websites have features like users signup/login, profile creation, profile searching, seeking quotes etc. They are also known as web portal.
To develop web portals or user-based websites, you must hire a highly experienced web developer who can build a robust website for you.
Also, there is no fixed charges that a web developer may charge for developer of a web portal. But in this blog post, we will take example of a web portal and discuss about its costing.
If you a web portal for tuition agency, cars buying & selling, property searching, buying & selling or job search having below features, a web developer can charge you between $10000 to $20000 for development of such websites. The cost may vary depending upon the complexity of work involved.
a. Ability for users to signup and login.
b. Ability for users to create profile.
c. Ability for users to post their services & products.
d. Ability for users to search for their desired products or services.
e. Ability for users to contact each other.
f. Ability for users to make transactions on the portal which requires integration of ecommerce module.
g. Mobile responsive web design (compatibility with all smart devices like mobiles and tablets).
h. Ability for users to send enquiry on their desired products.
i. Integration of email subscription module (if required).
j. Free web hosting for 1st year.
